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JAPAN
Aug 30, 2012

Censure motion against Noda OK'd

With the Sept. 8 end of the current Diet session nearing, political players in Nagata-cho engaged in a heated tit-for-tat battle Wednesday as the opposition-controlled Upper House passed a censure motion against Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to try to push him into dissolving the Lower House.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2012

Nankai quake projected toll radically raised

As many as 323,000 people in 30 prefectures could be killed by a major earthquake and ensuing monster tsunami that scientists say could hit in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast, the Cabinet Office's Central Disaster Prevention Council said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2012

End of currency swap deal to test bilateral ties

The exchange of jabs between Japan and South Korea over the territorial dispute in the Sea of Japan will reach a key turning point in October when a temporary bilateral currency swap arrangement comes to an end.
COMMENTARY
Aug 29, 2012

Tensions rise in Northeast Asia

Japan and South Korea, allies of the United States since World War II, are supposed to be part of an Asia-Pacific counterbalance to China's growing power and its expansive maritime and island claims in East Asia's seas. Instead, an upwelling of nationalism as the region marked the Aug. 15 anniversary...
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2012

MVP Burrell to join French League

Power forward Justin Burrell, the 2011-12 bj-league MVP, has finalized a one-year contract to play for Champagne Chalons Reims Basket, a second-division club in France.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Aug 28, 2012

American photojournalist combines traditional with modern in daily life

Everett Brown's lifestyle is a reflection of his philosophy on life.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 27, 2012

Today's J-blip: Seiyu social TV commercial

Seiyu lets the Internet call the shots for its next TV commercial.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 26, 2012

Complacency perished in the Fukushima nuclear disaster

August, that most searing of months, compels us to reflect on the atom. Japan was atom-bombed twice in August 67 years ago, and Hiroshima since 1952 and Nagasaki since 1955 have hosted solemn anniversary ceremonies to keep the memory alive in the hope of preventing similar horror and folly in future....
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JAPAN
Aug 25, 2012

Seoul holding islets illegally, Noda charges

Japan escalated its verbal attacks on Seoul over the Takeshima territorial row Friday, with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda calling South Korea's control of the islets "illegal" and the Lower House adopting a resolution denouncing its president, Lee Myung Bak, the first such Diet action over the islets...
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 24, 2012

'The Grey' / 'Facing Ali'

The Grey" could be a welcome sight for those of us panting in summer's dog days of heat and humidity: miles of ice and snow stretching way into a horizon that merges with a forbidding, indeterminate sky. But in the next second, you realize this is a desperate tale of survival, unfolding in an Alaskan...
COMMENTARY
Aug 24, 2012

China seems loath to wait for Romney to learn

During the American presidential campaign of 2008, China was virtually a nonissue. During the televised debates between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, China was barely mentioned.
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2012

Give a flicker of respect to fans

Giovanni Fazio's Aug. 17 review of the film "The Avengers" gave me a headache. I was expecting a well-thought-out critique on the movie, but all I remember reading was "the best actors of my generation" are running around acting like children!
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2012

Whose future is it anyway?

Singapore's paternalistic government is unappealing to many Americans — media restrictions, one-party rule, harsh penalties for gum-chewing.
EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2012

Trust and insider information

The Financial Services Agency on Aug. 3 ordered Nomura Securities Co., Japan's securities industry leader, to improve its internal controls in the wake of a series of confidential information leaks to clients on upcoming share offerings. The order was based on a special investigation of more than three...
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BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2012

Yen traders say Shirakawa missed the price target boat

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa, who set the nation's first inflation goal six months ago to halt a decade-long struggle with deflation, has failed to produce the weaker currency craved by exporters.

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